Full list of startups pitching at 1776 Challenge Cup Nairobi

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10407329_422145151272603_5760582104810221543_niHub Nairobi and 1776 are at the moment hosting the $650,000 Challenge Cup 2015, a global startup competition to identify the most promising startups in Africa and then connect them to the mentorship and resources to achieve their full promise.

The competition will be held in 15 cities around the world and startups will compete under education, energy, health, and cities categories. We have a list of 33 startups that pitched on round one.

Round two will see 2 startups compete in each category (health, education, energy & cities) then the final winner will be selected from the top 8.

Here is the list of all startups pitching tonight;

Education

  1.     AfroKidz Ltd
  2.     Boresha Limited
  3.     eKitabu
  4.     Kytabu
  5.     Mank and Tank Limited
  6.     the afriQuest Research Centre
  7.     Ultipedia

Energy

  1.     African Renewable Energy
  2. Distributor
  3.     Cobitech Solar
  4.     Eco Energy solutions
  5.     EED Energy Ltd
  6.     EFK Group (Eco Fuels Kenya)
  7.     Indigenous Collective
  8.     International Research &Development Africa
  9. KopaGas
  10. PowerGen Renewable Energy
  11. Strauss Energy
  12. WISDOM INNOVATIONS

Health

  1.     Access Afya
  2.     Collabmed Solutions
  3.     DawaTimer
  4.     Health-E-Net
  5.     Totohealth

 Cities

  1.     CHIPPP
  2.     Classified African Ventures
  3.     Jambocar.co.ke
  4.     Kijicho Interactive
  5.     MARAMOJA transport
  6.     Metro Jav
  7.     NeoKenya
  8.     Ongair
  9.     tasKwetu
  10.     VERMAC GLOBAL

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Sam Wakoba
Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Sam Wakoba is a pan-African technology journalist, author, entrepreneur, technology business mentor, judge, educationalist, and a sought-after speaker and panelist across Africa’s innovation ecosystem. He is the convenor of the popular monthly #TechNight evening event and the #StartupEast Awards and Conference, platforms that bring together startup founders, developers, entrepreneurs, investors, content creators, and tech professionals from across the continent. For more than 16 years, Sam has reported on and analysed Africa’s technology landscape, covering some of the continent’s most impactful, and at times controversial policies, programs, investors, co-founders, startups, and corporations. His work is known for its independence, depth, and fairness, with a singular goal of helping build and strengthen Africa’s nascent technology ecosystem. Beyond journalism, Sam is a business analyst and consultant, working with brands, universities, corporates, SMEs, and startups across East Africa, as well as international companies entering the East African market or scaling across Africa. In his free time, he volunteers as a consulting editor and fintech analyst at Business Tech Kenya, a business, technology, and data firm that publishes reports, reviews, and insights on business and technology trends in Kenya. Follow him on X: @SamWakoba